File:Piccadilly looking towards the City (BM 1880,1113.2052).jpg
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Piccadilly looking towards the City
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Piccadilly looking towards the City |
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English: View of a lively scene in Piccadilly, looking east from the end of Old Bond Street; just beyond the shop on the left is the old entrance to Burlington House, on the south side of the street the spire of St James, Piccadilly overtops Messrs Fortnum & Mason's shop; directly on the right Bullock's Egyptian Hall advertises a panorama consisting of red indian by Catlin; hot air balloons in sky above scene, pedestrians and workmen on street point up to them. 1842
Lithograph with tint stone |
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| Date | 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1880,1113.2052 |
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For comment see 1880,1113.1339.1 Thomas Shotter Boys’ famed series London as it is presents a vision of the city that revels in its industry, bustle, and life. Street traders, wagons, carriages and coaches mix with the many pedestrians, but London is not diminished by its everyday inhabitants. The impression is of a flourishing powerful metropolis, enjoying its success. Boys did not shy away from scenes of construction. The foreground of this view of Piccadilly is dominated by road-works, as workmen laying large drains dig up the centre of the street. However, the road is not congested and smartly dressed pedestrians amble along wide pavements, browsing in shops such as Fortnum and Mason’s, or stopping to watch hot air balloons sailing over the scene. The composition is busy but spacious, and the grandeur of the buildings coupled with the charm of the street life presents a more idealised vision of London than Boys’ title would suggest. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1880-1113-2052 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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